"Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare ... He wasn't a big man, listed at 5-foot-10 and 170 pounds, but he was all sinewy muscle with huge hands that gripped the bat like a toothpick.

Willie Mays was that good ... Then he showed me his hands. The muscle between his thumb and his forefinger looked like a golf ball in there. He said, 'Boy, let me see your hands.' ...

Willie Mays has died, and everywhere you look he is ... He was listed at a mere five-foot-11 and 185 pounds, but Mays was all muscle and sinew, with a broad back and lightning-fast hands and ...

The great Willie Mays, at the age of 93 ... “He had this big old golf ball muscle in his hands. He and Hank Aaron both. Strong handshake. “He was something, wasn’t he?’’ ...

Long after "The Catch" and his 660 home runs, and the daring sprints around the bases with his hat falling off, Willie Mays could still command a room like no other. Mays was a frequent visitor to ...

Willie Mays, the iconic baseball legend whose remarkable career spanned 22 seasons, has died, the San Francisco Giants announced Tuesday. He was 93. Mays "passed away peacefully this afternoon ...

Hall of Famer Willie Mays, one of the greatest players to ever live, died Tuesday afternoon, the San Francisco Giants announced. He was 93. Commissioner Rob Manfred released the following ...

The first time I met Willie Mays and shook the hand of the greatest baseball player I’ve ever seen, I was looking at his face, not at my hand. Then I looked down. My hand had disappeared inside ...

It came to be known simply as “The Catch,” and is, perhaps, the most recognized defensive play in baseball’s long and storied history, the play that made rising star Willie Mays famous.